Diversa, Inc. v. Davis

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Lee Davis, the claimant-appellee, sustained a ruptured disc in the course of his employment by the appellant-employer, Diversa, Inc. Following surgical intervention Davis filed a claim for workmen’s compensation benefits and the claim was controverted in its entirety by the employer and its compensation insurance carrier. Upon hearing, the Referee found the injury compensable and awarded compensation including a thirty per cent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. The full Commission on review adopted the findings…